Chapter 111: Credibility

“You’re too scared, stop all this nonsense! Stop calling yourself a cat, you’re just a cowardly mouse!” Lü Yang continued to provoke Death Killer with his words. Whether it worked or not, he kept doing it since he hadn’t thought of any better method yet.

“Do you think I’m someone who gets angry and impulsive easily? Stop trying to provoke me. It’s useless.” Death Killer asked Lü Yang calmly. It seemed Lü Yang’s previous attempts to anger him had no effect at all.

Lü Yang fell silent. This kind of opponent was just too hard to deal with… Aside from his need for attention, desire for control, and arrogance, he was almost flawless.

“You’ve already shown me that you’re a determined person, and also a brave one. Next, it’s time to test your wisdom. Since you can exchange for Eerie Cards, designing tasks or tests for you in reality has lost its meaning, and it’s not fun at all.”

“How about this? I’ll take the trouble to pull you into a Mysterious Domain for a survival game. I’ll set the game, and you try to break it. Without enough wisdom, you won’t leave alive. I think you understand what I’m saying…”

“In this Mysterious Domain, if I lose, you’ll get a chance to save Yi Ya. If you lose… you’ll die in the Mysterious Domain, completely erased from this world. What do you think?” Death Killer casually laid out his plan to Lü Yang. Although he used a questioning tone, it was clear he wouldn’t give Lü Yang any choice.

Death Killer’s words made Lü Yang very alarmed. He had been trying to trick Death Killer into a face-to-face confrontation, so he could pull the other into a Mysterious Domain. Before this, Lü Yang had imagined many possible ways their future duel could happen and made preparations accordingly. But he never expected the other to actively propose pulling him into a Mysterious Domain!

From Lü Yang’s limited understanding of Mysterious Domains, Death Killer’s words seemed to mean he was at least a Senior Eerie Practitioner, and an engineering-type Senior Eerie Practitioner at that, with the ability to exchange for a Creation Card to create a Mysterious Domain!

Of course, it was also possible that, like Lü Yang, the other had accidentally obtained a Creation Card as a reward while completing a Supernatural Task. But based on Lü Yang’s previous research, that probability was very, very low, so the former speculation was more likely.

If they entered a Mysterious Domain created by Lü Yang, he believed that with his analytical skills, he could gradually recall the Path of Survival he had set, use the rules of the Mysterious Domain to find Yi Ya’s whereabouts, and seize a chance to kill the opponent. But… to fight and survive in a Mysterious Domain created by the opponent…

The difficulty would be many times greater.

Lü Yang had experienced two Mysterious Domains before: one was opened by the Eerie Computer, and the other occurred naturally. A man-made Mysterious Domain was something Lü Yang faced for the first time.

“What’s wrong? Scared? Didn’t you always want this chance?” Death Killer’s tone suggested he saw through everything.

“Scared? That’s a joke! Where do I meet you?” Lü Yang immediately replied to Death Killer.

He wasn’t scared, but he was shocked. Now, what worried Lü Yang most was that Death Killer even knew about his Creation Card and was deliberately doing this to crush and trample Lü Yang’s confidence. After all… the Creation Card was Lü Yang’s last trump card against Death Killer.

Step by step… Lü Yang felt he was being forced into a corner by the other, to the point where it felt hard to breathe.

Stay calm! Stay calm! No matter what, meet the other first. If possible, before the other could set up the Mysterious Domain, drag him into one created by himself. Maybe there was still a slim hope for a desperate counterattack.

“What are you thinking? Even if you see me in reality or recognize me in the Mysterious Domain, would you dare kill me? Kill me, and you’ll never see Yi Ya again.” Death Killer asked Lü Yang curiously, probably wondering about the real reason Lü Yang kept wanting to meet him.

“Why would I kill you? We have no grudge. I just want to save Yi Ya… You promised that if I beat you in that Mysterious Domain, you’d let her go.” Lü Yang calmed his emotions, not wanting Death Killer to notice anything.

“I never said I’d let her go. I said if I lose, you’ll get a chance to save Yi Ya. But if you lose, you will definitely die.” Death Killer repeated what he had said earlier.

Judging by Death Killer’s previous behavior, he was not someone who would keep his promises. He was capricious, changing the rules of the game as he pleased.

“Just tell me, where do we meet?” Lü Yang didn’t want to say more. Talking about this further was meaningless. To save Yi Ya, he had to force Death Killer into a dead end and take control of the situation.

“I’ll come find you.”

…

“I…”

“What did I forget?”

Lü Yang gasped for air like a drowning person surfacing. He lifted his head and quickly looked around.

Where… was this?

An Internet Cafe?

The walls were red, the desks were red, and the chairs were red too. Rows of neatly arranged computers and the dozens of people sitting in front of them confirmed that this was indeed an Internet Cafe.

How did he suddenly get here from Jinda Hotel? What happened in between? Was his memory erased?

“I’ll come find you.”

Death Killer’s last words echoed in Lü Yang’s mind…

Could it be… he had already been forcibly pulled into a Mysterious Domain by the other?

How unlucky! He had wanted to drag the other into his own set Mysterious Domain the moment they met… but the problem was… he hadn’t even seen the other’s face, yet he was pulled into the other’s Mysterious Domain first!

Besides Lü Yang, there were over forty other people in the Internet Cafe, both men and women, ranging in age from twenties to forties, with most in their twenties. All of them sat randomly at computers, looking confused.

It seemed they weren’t the “original residents” of this Internet Cafe but, like Lü Yang, had been forcibly pulled into this Mysterious Domain by Death Killer as Survivors.

Death Killer was truly ruthless. For this bet with Lü Yang, he had dragged so many people in to die with them.

He remembered Death Killer saying… even if you recognize me in the Mysterious Domain, would you dare kill me?

Given his usual desire for attention, would he be hiding among these over forty people?

That possibility couldn’t be ruled out.

So many people gave Lü Yang a headache. How could he figure out which one was Death Killer among them?

Of course, Death Killer might not have entered the Mysterious Domain at all, just observing as an Observer.

Lü Yang could only focus his attention on a few Big Blocks among the over forty people, quietly observing their behavior in the Mysterious Domain.

But soon Lü Yang thought of a new problem… who knew how much credibility there was in Death Killer’s statement… that the Big Block jeep driver was him…